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Mar 15th 4 Comments
We still haven't heard "Voyeur," the track from James Blake's forthcoming album Overgrown. We have, however, heard the song's dub version, which Blake is planning on releasing as a single. And now we…   Read Story »
Mar 11th 4 Comments
The song may share a name with a certain legendary Georgia rock band, but "R.E.M.," the new track from the heavy-hearted Mississippi rapper and producer Big K.R.I.T., borrows a sample from a very…   Read Story »
Mar 7th 9 Comments
In the last year there seemed to be a sort of rift between James Blake's growing catalog. There was Blake, the singer-songwriter who created warped, knotty soul music on his self-titled debut, and…   Read Story »
Mar 7th 6 Comments
British electronic pop time-bender James Blake is about a month away from releasing his new album Overgrown, and the first single "Retrograde" is enough to give me high hopes for it. And now he's…   Read Story »
Feb 28th 42 Comments
It's finally come to this: The first straight-to-Spotify Stereogum Monthly Mix. It's the end of an era, and I'm a little sad about it! But it's a necessity in 2013, and one that will serve this…   Read Story »
Feb 25th 7 Comments
Overgrown, James Blake's second proper album, is set to arrive this spring, and the only thing we've heard from it is the luminous and mystery-drenched first single "Retrograde." Judging by what we…   Read Story »
Feb 11th 3 Comments
I'll have to watch James Blake's video for his heady, luminescent new single "Retrograde" a few more times before I have any idea what's going on. But the dark and mysterious clip, directed by Martin…   Read Story »
Feb 7th 39 Comments
James Blake, the King Of Post-Dubstep, announced a new album for the spring called Overgrown -- which is what, perhaps, a lot of his CMYK early adopter fans think of what's happened to his tunes. He…   Read Story »
Dec 6th, 2012 2 Comments
After his last few EP excursions, James Blake is now at work on a sophomore album, and he played a few new tracks at a recent London show. In the 15-minute clip below, he tries out a couple of new…   Read Story »
Sep 24th, 2012 4 Comments
James Blake was making dubstep back when dubstep was, more or less, an offshoot of grime, but his cerebral electronic pop never really had much to do with grime's all-out bluster. So it's weird to…   Read Story »




































